Some random job site pictures and Denise’s new friends “helping” her. 😄😄
Knowing that the weather was moving in, we were in overdrive and didn’t have much time to snap any pictures. By evening time we had the big gutter up and mounted and layed out, with the inverter, disconnect and one of the panels ready to mount to it as well. We had also gone out to the array area-which the customer had installed, and cleaned that up as best as we could and made the necessary connections out there. We worked on it until about 7:30 at night and then called it quits and drug our tired asses to the trailer for some dinner and sleep.
Late Wednesday night, the wind that had been a nuisance all day shifted into high gear to become a full blown problem, shrieking like a banshee as it crashed into the trailer and work truck. The trailer was rocking and shaking so hard I half expected it to blow over. Luckily, we were so tired, it didn’t really keep us up. At around 5 am Thursday, the sounds of angry winds diminished some, and then were joined with the sounds of a wind driven rain, which turned to wind driven snow flurries around 7 am.
We stepped out of the trailer into a cold world with a stiff breeze swirling light snow around, and an ominously lowering gray sky.
When we went into the garage to continue our work, we were greeted with an unpleasant surprise.
Turns out the concrete guys forgot to slope the roll up door area, so there was water all over our stuff. I can’t recall how many times I’ve seen this mistake, and it really causes issues. The only way I know to fix it is to grind it down to get some slope.
I know that doesn’t look like a lot of water, but electricians are like cats-we hate getting wet!!
Around 9 am, much to our surprise, the cloud cover lifted, and the sun came out. For a little bit there, it looked like it was going to be a nice day.
But Mother Nature was just toying with us, because a short while later, the wind came back with a vengeance, with gusts easily into the 50-60 mph range.
While the wind howled, Denise finished up the battery part of the installation while I messed with the generator wiring.
We ground it out in the cold and wind till about 8 pm. Pretty much all the gear was installed, and most of the wiring was in place.
It looked like Friday would be a day that should allow us to complete this job on time and get home without too much trouble.
Looks can be deceiving…